Tobacco-box



(No Model.)

0. A. REYNOLDS.

TOBACCO BOX.

No. 385,726. Patented July 10, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

CHARLES ALBERT REYNOLDS, OF \VINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOBACCO-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,726. dated July 10,1888.

'Application filed February 24, 1888. Serial No. 265,102. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, CHARLES ALBERT REY- NoLDs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at NVinston, in the county of Forsyth and State ofNorth Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes forTobacco, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tobacco-boxes; and it consistsin certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a box asseen when closed and in condition for transportation.

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the box partially opened. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical sectional view on the line x 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isadetail view of the blank from which the sides of the box are formed.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the upper head and Bthe lower head of the box,which are similar in shape to the layers oftobacco which are to be packed, and C C represent the sides of the box,which are struck from a single sheet of metal. The upper and lower edgesof the sides are provided with the integral flanges D D, which areprovided by forming the notches E in the edges at proper intervals, sothat the flanges will be equal in length to the length of the side edgesof the heads. These flanges areintended to be folded over the edges ofthe heads and secured thereto by nails, screws, or the like.

The advantages of this box are that the tobacco is more easily andtightly packed therein, and it may be more cheaply manufactured than theboxes, buckets, or other receptacles which are usually emnlovef 'Wh nthe tobacco is to be packed therein, the lower head of the box is placedin the bottom of the re ceiver of a tobacco-packing machine, the tobaccois placed on the said head, and the upper head is then forced by theplunger of the machine down upon the tobacco until it is sufficientlycompressed. The sides of the said receiver may now be removed and thesides of the boX placed therearound before the pressure upon the tobaccois relieved. In this way the packing is accomplished very quickly andthe tobacco may be much more tightly compressed than if the pressure isremoved in order to arrange the head of the box or tub.

The improved boXis,further,readily opened to remove the contents, as itis only necessary to withdraw the nails or screws and raise the flangeswhich are formed on the upper edges of the sides. The heads arepreferably formed of wood, for the reason that after the tobacco ispacked it usually expands slightly, and it the heads were of metal theywould bend or bulge, and thus interfere with the storage of the boxes.

It will be observed that the meeting ends of the flanges overlap eachother and are seen red together and to the wooden beads by commonfastening means.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The improved combined woodand metal tobacco-box herein described and show n,con1- prising thewooden heads A B and the metallic sides 0, constructed of a singlecontinuous strip having notches in its opposite sides, thereby providingthe integral side flanges, D, equal in length to the length of the sidesof the heads, and folded over the heads, with the meeting ends of theflanges overlapping, and secured by fastenings passing through theoverlaps to the heads, substantially as specified.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in pres ence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ALBERT REYNOLDS.

\Vitnesses:

E. G. SIGeERs, R. J. MAEsHALL.

